Jeff Merkley actually said...

"They can modify essentially the public ledger, and the public ledger becomes de facto record of ownership."

"Isn't it possible that in the name of reducing the deficit, this path could actually increase the deficit by decreasing revenues and increasing costs?"

"I really hope this point gets through to all of the colleagues on Capitol Hill of how this impacts ordinary working families, that when there is this sort of dysfunction just here in this square mile ..."

"So it really seems like the path we are on right now is equivalent to creating a huge tax on the American economy, one that really hurts families across the board, hurts businesses, hurts employment, ..."